"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
~ Elliot Erwitt

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Thank you a million times, Stewart, for taking on the role of hosting a Wednesday bird meme. I was wondering what I would do with all my bird shots. Due to my slackness in blogging last week I totally missed your first link up, but here's my first post for your meme.

The Superb Fairy Wren has been a bird I have been wanting to capture since I started photographing birds late last year. In the last two weeks I got lucky on two occasions. The first was a different bird song I heard in my own back yard... to my surprise this little bird was flitting back and forth on my back fence, so I took my camera outside and sat at our outdoor table & waited. It was a very overcast day, and the light was terrible, but this is what I captured. I believe it's a juvenile female.

The following day the little bird came back with it's brightly coloured parent but he was too quick for me to capture (all I got was a blurry shot)... I wasn't happy!!

Then last week, we drove into the city to visit the Roma Street Parklands. The plan was to capture some flower shots as my daughter Bec & I had borrowed my friends macro lens. While I was busy shooting macros, I heard a familiar song right nearby. I looked up to see this juvenile Superb Fairy Wren on the fence rail, singing his heart out!! A quick change of lens to my 55-250mm, aka stalker lens, and I snapped away until he decided to fly off. Again the light wasn't great, as it was in a shaded area of the gardens.

It's the end of another week and I'm just sneaking in by a whisker for last weeks post!! I really need to get more organised.... and not stay up so late procesing images.

Day 190 (July 8) - I discovered this beautiful orange creeper growing all over a brick wall at New Farm Park.

Day 191 (July 9) - "Golden Hour" is one of my favourite times of the day to shoot images.

Day 192 (July 10) - It rained most of this day, so I decided to do a little editing & some more collages. These images were taken in December 2011 when I visited my parents on the Mornington Peninsula. This is the old Mornington train station & some of the track. The train doesn't go this far anymore. I used the "Shock My Pick" app on my iPhone to created the painted effect.

Day 193 (July 11) - The blue sky came out for a while and the cloud patterns were amazing!

Day 194 (July 12) - Another day of rain... so I decided to use some creativity and shoot outside of my comfort zone. I love how this clothes peg shot turned out!

Day 195 (July 13) - Bees on Lavender.

Day 196 (July 14) - Eastern Water Dragon sunning itself in the gardens.

About Me

My name is Liz and I live in Australia. Photography is my passion. I love to capture images of the wonder of nature, the beauty of the country I live in and further afield when I have had the opportunity to travel.
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